Steven D'Aprano wrote:
I have a class with a method meant to verify internal program logic (not
data supplied by the caller). Because it is time-consuming but optional,
I treat it as a complex assertion statement, and optimize it away if
__debug__ is false:
class Parrot:
def __init__(self
Steven D'Aprano writes:
> On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:52:25 +, Arnaud Delobelle wrote:
>
>> You could also not use the metaclass and use post_verify as a decorator
>
> Except that self.verify doesn't exist if __debug__ is false.
OK I wrote this as an afterthought. I'm, sure it's not beyond your
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:52:25 +, Arnaud Delobelle wrote:
> You could also not use the metaclass and use post_verify as a decorator
Except that self.verify doesn't exist if __debug__ is false.
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Steven D'Aprano writes:
> I have a class with a method meant to verify internal program logic (not
> data supplied by the caller). Because it is time-consuming but optional,
> I treat it as a complex assertion statement, and optimize it away if
> __debug__ is false:
>
> class Parrot:
> def
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:19:45 +, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:41:55 +, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>> I have a class with a method meant to verify internal program logic
>> (not data supplied by the caller). Because it is time-consuming but
>> optional, I treat it
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:19:45 +, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote:
> class Parrot:
> def __init__(self, *args):
> print "Initialising instance..."
> assert self.verify()
Here I meant ``assert self._verify()`` of course.
> def _verify(self):
> print "Verifying..."
On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 07:41:55 +, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> I have a class with a method meant to verify internal program logic (not
> data supplied by the caller). Because it is time-consuming but optional,
> I treat it as a complex assertion statement, and optimize it away if
> __debug__ is fal
Steven D'Aprano wrote:
class Parrot:
def __init__(self, *args):
print "Initialising instance..."
if __debug__:
self.verify() # check internal program state, not args
if __debug__:
def verify(self):
print "Verifying..."
+1 It looks good to
I have a class with a method meant to verify internal program logic (not
data supplied by the caller). Because it is time-consuming but optional,
I treat it as a complex assertion statement, and optimize it away if
__debug__ is false:
class Parrot:
def __init__(self, *args):
print "
